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Gozo provides outstation cab booking services with driver in Velguem for day-based rentals, one way, round trips, multicity travel and many more that are billed by custom itinerary or by day.
Our customers book outstation taxi services in Velguem for trips to most nearby cities. AC cabs are the most comfortable way to travel to or from Velguem. Since the driver is a local, they are familiar with the routes and this makes it much more convenient than hiring a self-drive car. Most business travelers rent cabs for flexible travel between Velguem and nearby towns. Gozo provides compact, sedan and SUV outstation car rentals in addition to minibus for groups (tempo traveller) and luxury cars for executives. Shared outstation taxis are also available between Velguem andNorth Goa, Goa Velha . Gozo's cab rental services are available in over 1000 cities and on 50,000+ routes across the country. Gozo's Outstation taxi charges are among the most reasonable, as Gozo cabs specializes in inter-city travel which gives us the greatest reach, largest supply and strong relationships with taxi operators who can deliver to you the best services with courteous and well-informed drivers. Drivers working with Gozo are familiar with the routes in Velguem and the various regions surrounding Velguem area.
Gozo Cabs offers a unique facility called Gozo FLEXXI outstation shared taxi / carpool service in which customers can share a cab for outstation journeys. Gozo FLEXXI SHARE is available on many routes to and from Velguem. Instead of booking a bus ticket to or from Velguem you should take a look at Gozo FLEXXI SHARE. Visit our booking page to see the availability of shared seats in cabs to and from Velguem. All frequently traveled routes from Velguem generally have seats available in a shared taxi.
Visit our booking page to see availability of shared seats in cabs to and from Velguem. All frequently travelled routes from Velguem generally have seats available in shared taxi.
Most of our corporate clients prefer to have a chauffeur driver car at their disposal for when they are visiting Velguem for either a few hours, full day or a few days. Having a outstation car hire available works out to be very convenient and also time & cost efficient for business travelers. Various businesses use our corporate travel services to avail these services in the cities and towns they travel to frequently. Our services of outstation cab in India will serve you all through the roads of India (the major cities). With Gozo you always get transparent billing, fair prices, 24x7 support and nationwide reach. If you have any special requirements you can always contact our customer helpdesk and we will be happy to support you.
With Gozo you always get transparent billing, fair prices, 24x7 support and nationwide reach. If you have any special requirements you can always contact our customer helpdesk and we will be happy to support you.
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With Gozo you can book an outstation cabs 24x7 from Velguem to North Goa, Goa Velha .
Due to the nature of outstation travel, most trips are pre-scheduled and pre-booked enabling us to arrange for the right vehicle for your journey. We encourage customers to make reservations at least 3 weeks ahead of your date of travel as prices have a tendency to rise as vehicle supply becomes limited. Gozo can arrange for vehicles for outstation travel from Velguem even at the last minute but in most cases please anticipate at least 2hours of time between you making your reservation and the vehicle arriving for pickup in Velguem. We have been able to deliver vehicles in much shorter times but please take this as a general guidance.
When renting a vehicle for outstation cab booking while you travel in India, the driver is traveling out of town and hence his daily expenses like food, lodging etc are covered with the daily allowance. , the driver is traveling out of town and hence his daily expenses like food, lodging etc are covered with the daily allowance. The drivers daily allowance.
You can book a one-way trip, round trip or plan a itinerary for travel to multiple cities from Velguem. When traveling in a outstation taxi from Velguem you are renting outstation car with driver. Gozo provides with well maintained air-conditioned (AC) cars, courteous drivers and our services are available 24x7x36 for outstation taxi booking from Velguem.
What is included as part of the charges for an outstation trip?
As part of an outstation journey your charges include a certain number of pre-allocated kms and the applicable taxes for the journey.
For one-way trips from Velguem- we may include the applicable tolls as your route of travel is pre-defined.
In the case of round trips or multi-day journeys starting in Velguem, the customer is expected to pay for all applicable tolls along the way. For a roundtrip or multi-day journeys for outstation cab from Velguem, you may use the vehicle upto the allocated time and number of kms without any extra km driving charges.
Typically a one-way trip is a point to point transfer between two cities. We need you to provide us the exact pickup and drop addresses. Your price quotation is based on the estimated kms of travel between the two locations assuming there will be no intermediate stops or waypoints or sightseeing. Its simply a intercity transfer from A to B in a cab that is for your use. You do not share the cab with anyone else.
Gozo uses local taxi operators in Velguem for its Velguem outstation taxi service who maintain highest level of service quality and have a very good knowledge of the local roads and highway driving. We can also provide local sightseeing trips and tours in or around the city if you require any day rental needs.regarding our cab for outstation from Velguem
Gozo's booking and billing process for outstation car hire from Velguem is completely transparent and you will get all the terms and conditions detailed on your booking confirmation. You get instant booking confirmations, electronic invoices and top quality for the best price. We encourage you to read the terms and conditions on your booking confirmation. With Gozo you can book a taxi anywhere in India. Our services are top rated in almost all cities across India.
Outstation cabs can be used for sight-seeing as well. Typically we allocate between 250 and 300 kms per day for you to use the vehicle for either outstation transportation or sightseeing during your journey. When you rent a vehicle for Velguem outstation cab or in Velguem for a certain number of days, you are pre-purchasing a certain number of kilometers to be driven on your journey. If you are renting a vehicle for outstation cab Velguem for a one-way journey then it is not possible to use the vehicle for sight-seeing trips. One-way trips are pre-scheduled and booked based on transfers from a fixed pickup point to a fixed drop point. Our cars and drivers serve tourists, large event groups and business people for outstation trips and also for local taxi requirements in Velguem. For any special needs, cab for outstation from Velguem simply call our service center and we will do our best to help.
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Morning Jolt: Student forgotten in jail cell gets $4.1M
In the news
A college student who was left in a jail cell for five days by the Drug Enforcement Administration received $4.1 million in a lawsuit. Daniel Chong, 25, was put in a holding cell during a drug raid and left there without food or water. He had to drink his own urine to survive and was severely dehydrated when he was found. Chong said he was visiting a friend during the raid and was never arrested or charged with any crimes.
Opening bell
The Dow Jones opened at 15,520.59, finishing down 1.38 points Tuesday.
Motivational quote
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default." - J. K. Rowling
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Raids suggest future shape of counterterror bids
WASHINGTON — The U.S. commando raids in Libya and Somalia suggest the future shape of U.S. counterterrorism efforts — brief, targeted raids against highly sought extremist figures — and highlight the rise of Africa as a terrorist haven.
The strikes also raise questions about where to interrogate and try captured terrorist suspects such as Abu Anas al-Libi, accused by the U.S. of involvement in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday that al-Libi was in U.S. custody; officials would not say where. The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, said al-Libi has "vast intelligence value." McKeon, R-Calif., said President Barack Obama should "fully exploit this potential" before moving on to his prosecution. The White House seemed to agree, saying Saturday's raid in Tripoli was specifically designed to apprehend, not kill, the suspect.
"The president has made clear our preference for capturing terrorist targets when possible, and that's exactly what we've done in order to elicit as much valuable intelligence as we can and bring a dangerous terrorist to justice," said the White House National Security Council's spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden.
The outcome of a second U.S. commando raid Saturday, targeting a leader of the al-Qaida affiliated terror group, al-Shabab, was less clear.
A Navy SEAL team swam ashore in Somalia early in the morning and engaged in a fierce firefight. A U.S. official said afterward the Americans disengaged after inflicting some al-Shabab casualties, but it was unclear who was hit. The official was granted anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.
The raid in Somalia reflected the importance the Obama administration attaches to combating al-Shabab, whose leaders are believed to be collaborating more with other al-Qaida affiliated Islamic insurgent groups across Africa. In a speech in May outlining his strategy for the use of drones, Obama counted Somalia as among the places where the U.S. and its allies face "lethal yet less capable al-Qaida affiliates."
The commando assaults unfolded against the backdrop of political paralysis in Washington, where the Congress and the White House are locked in battle over budgets but have agreed to keep the military operating and paid on time.
Libya said Sunday it has asked the United States for "clarifications" regarding the capture of al-Libi by U.S. Delta Force commandos. The Tripoli government said that al-Libi, as a Libyan national, should be tried in his own country. He is on the FBI's most-wanted list of terrorists with a $5 million bounty on his head. He was indicted by the U.S. in November 1998. In a statement, Libya also said it hoped the incident would not affect its strategic relationship with the U.S., which is evolving in the aftermath of the 2011 ouster of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi. Ties were complicated by the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, in eastern Libya.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., a vocal advocate of placing captured high-value terrorist suspects in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, said Sunday that al-Libi should be treated as an enemy combatant, detained in military custody "and interrogated to gather information that will prevent future attacks and help locate other al-Qaida terrorists."
Al-Libi was indicted by a federal court in New York for his alleged role in the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 7, 1998, that killed more than 220 people.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in Indonesia for an economic summit, said the U.S. hopes the raids make clear that America "will never stop in the effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror." He added: "Members of al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they can't hide."
It was not immediately clear whether al-Libi had been involved with al-Qaida since or had been connected to militant activities in Libya, where al-Qaida has a growing presence since Gadhafi was unseated. The family of al-Libi denied he was ever a member of al-Qaida and said he was not involved in militant activity since his return. In a 157-page indictment filed in the Southern District of New York in November 1998, the U.S. government accused al-Libi and others of conspiring to kill American civilians and military members at the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Specifically, prosecutors said al-Libi helped bin Laden and al-Qaida plan the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi by scouting and photographing the site in 1993. The indictment also alleges al-Libi discussed other attacks on the U.S. Agency for International Development as well as British, French and Israeli targets in Kenya.
The court filing does not charge al-Libi in the bombing and deaths of those at the embassies, but rather says he conspired to achieve that result.


text: A visit to the land of Homer, Aristotle, and Sophocles is a journey to the dawn of classical civilization, with archaeological splendors from Athens to Crete. The towering monasteries of Meteora and soaring Mt. Olympus inspire awe, while relaxing islands like Corfu and Santorini invite simple pleasures and a taste of the good life on the Aegean Sea. The Greek countryside presents the perfect coda with idyllic landscapes of cypress groves, vineyards, and olive trees, as well as dramatic coves with sparkling white sand and rugged mountains that plunge into the sea.


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Yes, Virginia, there is a limit to what Verizon will let you do with FiOS' "unlimited" data plan. And a California man discovered that limit when he got a phone call from a Verizon representative wanting to know what, exactly, he was doing to create more than 50 terabytes of traffic on average per month—hitting a peak of 77TB in March alone.
"I have never heard of this happening to anyone," the 27-year-old Californian—who uses the screen name houkouonchi and would prefer not to be identified by name—wrote in a post on DSLreports.com entitled "LOL VZ called me about my bandwidth usage Gotta go Biz." "But I probably use more bandwidth than any FiOS customer in California, so I am not super surprised about this."
Curious about how one person could generate that kind of traffic, Ars reached out to houkouonchi and spoke with him via instant message. As it turns out, he's the ultimate outlier. His problem is more that he's violated Verizon's terms of service than his excessive bandwidth usage. An IT professional who manages a test lab for an Internet storage company, houkouonchi has been providing friends and family a personal VPN, video streaming, and peer-to-peer file service—running a rack of seven servers with 209TB of raw storage in his house.
Just another home network
I asked what exactly he does with that hardware to generate so much traffic. "Lots of stuff," houkouonchi replied. " I do some VPN stuff for people and Web/FTP/SFTP servers. A lot of friends and family stream stuff off me from my huge media collection. And I also do some P2P and Usenet stuff." Most of the storage space is taken up by videos and other media.
He's always had heavy storage requirements—in 2006, houkouonchi said he already had about 8TB of disk with no RAID. "In 2007 I went to 20x 1TB, then not too much later 20x 2TB, and then I started adding more disks and more chassis… but all the chassis that have a lot of hot-swap disk bays are rack-mount. And after having several rackmount machines, I finally decided to just buy a rack when I bought a house and got FiOS back in 2010."
Here's what's in houkouonchi's personal data center, from top to bottom:
- A 1u server acting as router and VPN server with 4 1.5TB disks.
- A 1u testing server with two 1.5TB disks.
- A 2u server—formerly a "colo box"—with eight 750GB disks
- A 4u Solaris/ZFS backup machine with 24 1TB disks
- Another 4u server—houkouonchi's main server with 24 2TB disks and two 3u storage expansion units, each with 15 3TB disks.
- A 2u "Windows/miscellaneous" server with eight 1TB disks
- Two 2u uninterruptible power supplies
- Another 4u Solaris/ZFS server for backups with 24 1TB disks
That's just on premises. Houkouonchi also owns a 2U server running in a colocation facility with 12TB of disk on dual gigabit connections, "which I push quite a bit from as well. It runs game-servers and hosts what used to be the only LA SpeedTest.net server and a bunch of other stuff."
Saving a few bucks
Houkouonchi switched from dual 150 megabit business class connections to a 300 megabit downstream/65 megabit upstream residential plan in January (though he said he was getting 150 megabits upstream). "I only switched to residential simply because business pricing wasn't in line with residential anymore," he said. (Verizon prices the residential service at more than $200 a month for 300/65; business service for dual 150 megabit lines runs $340 a month, and 300 megabit service costs $259 a month.)
Since the switch, he's used nearly 200TB in bandwidth—an average of 50TB a month. However, traffic most months is in the 30TB range. That sort of bandwidth would cost thousands of dollars per month in most colocation facilities—with the 77TB peak month jumping into the tens of thousands based on pricing plans I looked at from a variety of hosting vendors.
But his bandwidth hogging eventually drew the attention of Verizon's engineers, who monitor usage for signs of unusual patterns in traffic. This practice is to watch for both abuse of the network (such as spam and denial of service attacks, for example) and for violations of the FiOS terms of service. Those terms exclude the use of FiOS for "high volume purposes" and forbid customers to "host any type of server. Violation of this section may result in bandwidth restrictions on your Service or suspension or termination of your Service."
Houkouonchi got a call from a Verizon representative this week. "Basically he said that my bandwidth usage was excessive (like 30,000 percent higher than their average customer)," houkouonchi said. "[He] wanted to know WTF I was doing. I told him I have a full rack and run servers, and then he said, 'Well, that's against our ToS.' And he said I would need to switch to the business service or I would be disconnected in July. It wasn't a super long call."
"I don't mind upgrading to business if that's really all the problem is," houkouonchi told me. "It just surprises me they would bother going after people just to get them to pay a little bit more per month. I know that when I switched to GPON (FiOS' Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network) about six months after a serving hub came up in my area—it took six months fighting with Verizon to get switched over—there was only one other guy on the GPON ports on the serving hub. A lot of people in my area go with Time-Warner because it's cheaper."


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Boston College Law School's LGBT Office Vandalized
Over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, Boston College Law School's LGBT center was vandalized with sexual terms written on the office's walls, Above the Law reports.
When students returned to campus on Tuesday morning, they discovered the graffiti in the Lambda Law Students Association office at the Jesuit school, according to the Boston Globe. The college's administrators along with the Newton Police Department are currently investigating the incident.
"The administration of Boston College Law School condemns this reprehensible action and will not tolerate hateful or threatening speech of any kind," Boston College Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau wrote in a letter to the college community. "This behavior is the antithesis of all we stand for as an institution, and is an assault on our shared values of a welcoming, loving, and inclusive community."
A picture of the graffitied wall shows that the vandals wrote a number of crude sexual terms, including "gay bukkake," "cock gobbler," "muff diving," "rim job," "cum shot," and many more.
Jason Triplett, the co-chair of Lambda, said the school and other students have been supportive. Someone, he added, suggested the group use the incident as part of a "backdrop for a dedication to the gay rights movement, posting articles, pictures, and quotes on top of them that show our fight for equal rights from Stonewall to the president's historic inclusion of gay rights in his inauguration speech yesterday to show where we have come from and yet how far we still have to go."
He doesn't believe students were involved in the incident, "because the students and faculty at the BC Law School are very accepting of the LGBT community."
Other Catholic colleges across the country have run into controversies when it comes to LGBT issues in recent years.
In 2010, the student newspaper at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., printed a cartoon that many saw as advocating gay bashing. The paper's editorial staff soon issued an apology.
When a campus Republican group invited conservative pundit Ann Coulter to speak at Fordham University in New York City last November, campus LGBT groups and even Fordham's president criticized the Republicans group.
In September of last year, Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, made waves and national news sites for a course description that linked homosexuality to crimes like murder, rape and robbery. The school justified the class by defining "deviant" in the sense of "different from the norm," an explanation that didn't mollify LGBT students or alumni.


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Many consumers are worried if the use of compatible or aftermarket printing supplies will void their printer's warranty. The answer is no.
More simply put, this means that your printer warranty cannot be voided just because you choose to use compatible products unless the manufacturer can prove that the compatible product caused direct damage to your printer. In cases such as this, the manufacturer may choose not to repair your printer but your warranty would remain in effect for all other warranty issues.
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text: While we all breathlessly await the release of Joel Schumacher's film version of The Phantom of the Opera, which is already earning Oscar buzz a month before hitting theaters, fans of the stage show hang onto every glimpse of the lavish big screen creation. It's no wonder, then, that hundreds of fans lined up across from Bloomingdale's on November 18, where Schumacher, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and the film's stars--Gerard Butler, Emmy Watson, Patrick Wilson and Minnie Driver--introduced clips from the movie, including the stunning opening sequence. The talented troupe also welcomed in holiday shopping season by lighting the Bloomie's Christmas lights and unveiling the store's stunning Phantom themed windows.


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This high-quality matte canvas can be used to add color and life to any space. Available in 17 different sizes with both vertical and horizontal orientations. The matte canvas features state of the art printing technology for sharp photographic reproduction and color fidelity, will not fade or warp, and comes ready to hang.
- Printed with UL Certified GREENGUARD GOLD Ink - reduces indoor air pollution and the risk of chemical exposure.
- Water resistant matte finish - will not scratch, crack, fade or warp.
- Anti-yellowing, will not oxidize.
- Finger jointed, kiln dried stretcher bar is 1.25" depth.
- Stretcher bar is FSC certified from sustainable forests, knot, sap, and warp free.
- Ready to hang - arrives with pre-installed sawtooth hanging hardware.
- Rubber bumpers – protects wall surface and keeps print level.
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Aacanthocnema banksiae Froggatt, 1901
Aacanthocnema casuarinae Froggatt, 1901
Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758
Podonta nigrita (Fabricius, 1794)
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Webcast on
Global Challenges & Opportunities
May 13, 2013
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The Issue
The world faces an unprecedented dilemma. Expanding opportunities are emerging side by side with intensifying problems. The proliferation of money, technology, education and global interdependence which have been the main drivers of global development is accompanied by rising levels of financial instability, pollution, unemployment, inequality, arms proliferation and social unrest. Persistent poverty co-exists side by side with unprecedented prosperity. Rising levels of inequality and unemployment are spreading discontent and social unrest at a time when social welfare nets are overstrained by an aging population. Economic growth is depleting the world's natural resource base at an alarming rate while threatening long term catastrophic changes in climate. The competition for scarce resources is aggravating nationalist competition at a time when international cooperation is essential for coping with common global challenges. Globalization is breaking down the barriers insulating national economies, making states increasingly vulnerable to destabilizing impacts from beyond national borders. Proliferation of nuclear and other weapons poses new threats to national and regional security. Humanity seems driven by mutually exclusive, contradictory goals leading to apparently insoluble problems.
Quest for a New Paradigm
Humanity today faces a pressing need to move beyond a mere description of the crises which has already been well documented. There is presently no consensus as to whether real, effective solutions are possible to address the full spectrum of global challenges and what those solutions should be. Solutions can only be found by looking beyond the prevailing framework of values, ideas, strategies, policies, and institutions on which current solutions are based. An essential condition for addressing these challenges is to present a comprehensive conceptual framework that sets forth the enabling conditions, governing values and principles, strategies and necessary steps.
Background on the Webcast
The World Academy of Art & Science has recently launched an initiative bringing together like-minded organizations and individuals to identify the core elements of an integrated perspective, a comprehensive strategy and detailed policy framework capable of addressing these multiple challenges founded on a more fundamental paradigm change.
This Webinar is a prelude to the international conference on "Opportunities & Challenges for the 21st Century - Need for a New Paradigm" organised in collaboration with the United National Office, Geneva, on June 3, 2013 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva and a workshop at the Library of Alexandria on June 5&6, 2013.
The objective of these events is to identify elements of a comprehensive approach for dealing with the major challenges facing humanity today. Discussions will address the following fundamental questions in an interrelated manner:
- Economy & Employment: How can global food security, full employment and abolition of poverty be achieved within a decade?
- Energy & Ecology: How can global living standards be raised to middle class levels without depleting or destroying the environment or depriving future generations of the capacity to sustain these achievements?
- Human Capital – Education, Health & Welfare: How can global levels of education and public health be raised to OECD level?
- Money & Finance: How can the necessary financial resources be generated and mobilized to achieve the goals described in the first three questions?
- Security: How can we permanently eliminate war and WMD that threaten to destroy all other development achievements?
- Global Governance: How can we design and implement systems of global governance capable of implementing necessary measures to achieve the other five goals for the welfare and well-being of all?
The scope of discussion will encompass
- Common root causes of the multiple global crises
- Ideas, principles and values on which comprehensive solutions need to be based
- Strategies, policies, proposals, legal and institutional mechanisms
- Actionable steps
Topics for the Webcast
- Role of Crises in Social Evolution: What is the role of crises in the greater scheme of social evolution?
- Historical Perspective: What can we learn from historical experience about the most successful ways to deal with major crises?
- Understanding Crises: How do perceptions impact on the way people define and deal with crises?
- Resolving Crises: How do perceptions determine the range of envisioned, proposed, and enacted solutions?
- Social Change: What kind of social re-structuring has taken place in societies during and after a crisis?
- Values: What role can values play in successfully addressing crises?
- Global Governance: What do current crises tell us about the future of global governance, human rights and responsibilities?
- Leadership: What role can individuals and organizations play in resolving global challenges?
- Research: What role interdisciplinary research play in the formulation of effective solutions?
Background Papers
- In Search of a New Paradigm for Global Development by Garry Jacobs & Ivo Slaus, Cadmus Vol 1, Issue 6, May 2013
- Adelaide's Lament: Exploring Our Inability to Make Reliable Sense of Our Situation by Ruben Nelson, Eruditio Vol 1, Issue 2, March 2013
- New Paradigm by Ruben Nelson
Outcome of the Project
The May webcast will be followed by live discussions in Geneva, Alexandria and other locations. One anticipated outcome will be a definitive report examining the interrelationships between peace, security, economy, employment, global governance, rule of law, ecology, social process, technology, organization, education, research, culture and individuality and setting forth the elements of a comprehensive, integrated approach to effectively address the multiple challenges posed by their complex interactions.


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Today's News: Our Take - Rules of Engagement Comes Off the Bench Again — Perhaps for the Last Time
The last time Tom Hertz looked forward to the Super Bowl ending was 2007. His show Rules of Engagement premiered the next day to what remains its best numbers ever. Six years later, Hertz found himself in a similar position. Rules' seventh - and perhaps final - season premieres Monday (8:30/7:30c, CBS).
"I am shocked we didn't get [the post-Super Bowl slot]," Hertz jokes to TVGuide.com. "But if this it, then I guess we've come full circle. It's been a long, windy road."
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Or more like bumpy. The well-rated sitcom has lived a topsy-turvy existence, between its schedule-hopping, bubble status and lack of a permanent timeslot. Even its 13-episode Season 7, which will bring the show to 100 episodes, was hard to lock in, with the deal closing days after CBS revealed its schedule at the upfronts in May. "It's good for them to have a solid show that they know can perform in their back pocket when something doesn't perform," Hertz says. Indeed, Rules has always been there to bail CBS out when a new series flops or Charlie Sheen goes crazy and gets fired. Last month, at the Television Critics Association winter TV previews, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler called Rules "the best utility warrior on television."
"Nobody wants to be the midseason utility player, but that's our lot in life," star Patrick Warburton says. "You can't sit down and talk about it and not gripe about it."
Warburton has been outspoken about CBS' treatment of the show before, infamously calling Rules' scheduled Saturday berth last season a "sh-- timeslot." (It moved to Thursdays to replace How to Be a Gentleman before ever airing on Saturdays.) His blunt comments, he says, shouldn't be misconstrued as bitterness or sour grapes, but rather as him laying out the facts.
"Each year, when one of their new shows sh---- the bed, they stick us in, and our audience comes back," Warburton says. "We're No. 1 in the audience loyalty index. ... From our position, it might be frustrating at times, but they have a model of the way they do things. I can say in our case, the show and our fans deserve much of the credit because moving us, making us midseason every year, everyone not knowing when we're on, different timeslots, everyone thinking we're canceled ... is not a model for success. We're the exception to the rule. To survive the long, arduous route that we've taken to get to 100 episodes is certainly not the model."
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While Hertz agrees that Rules has defied the odds to hit the triple-digit milestone, the executive producer understands why the show has been too valuable to cancel, but not valuable enough to receive a regular timeslot. "They're in the business of creating big hits," he says. "They want the next Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. They have some shows that are a little long in the tooth, so they're thinking about two, three years down the road. So they have to start cultivating hits. Rules is not that show."
But maybe it could have been. Its second season was fragmented by the writers' strike, but Rules delivered good ratings in summer repeats. "Anything I can point at CBS that's disappointing is ... that fall [2008] was when Big Bang really took off from their good ratings in the summer," Hertz says. "We did very nicely in the summer too, but they put us on the bench for midseason, so maybe we could've had momentum there. But I really have no complaints. You can't complain about getting to 100 episodes and being called a warrior by Nina."
Because of its kooky scheduling and usually shortened episode orders (Season 5 was the show's only full season), Hertz admits that it's difficult to plan long arcs. Most of Rules' episodes have a standalone feel, including the season premiere, which finds Liz (Wendi McLendon-Covey) temporarily moving in with Jeff (Warburton) and Audrey (Megyn Price). The 100th episode, though, will pay off a very long story line: the birth of Jeff and Audrey's daughter via their lesbian surrogate Brenda (Sara Rue). The birth was originally planned for the Season 6 finale, but was pushed back when CBS cut the show's episode order to 15.
"I didn't realize that when you have a lesbian surrogate that the gestation period is three years, but apparently it is," Warburton says with a laugh. "So our show is half-sitcom, half-Discovery Channel. It's like an elephant's gestation period. That will be the season finale, which has another surprise or two."
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And what's after the big 1-0-0? As usual, nobody knows. The actors' contracts are up, and the finale could double as a series finale, Hertz says. But he'd like to do a Season 8, partially because "it'd be fun to see Patrick hold a baby." "I think everyone likes working and having a job," he says. "I don't think anyone's begging for it to end. If CBS asks, I think we'd be able to work it out."
Warburton, however, is more cautious. "We'd all have to think about it," he says. "I think CBS would have to make some commitment to the show. Right now, I think our impression is that this is it. We're all happy where we're at and we have to thank our fans for even getting here. It's been a long haul, but a blast."
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Simmons Beauty Rest Pillows and Bedding Accessories Review
The Simmons Bedding Company is a major American manufacturer of mattresses and bedding. The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia and was founded in 1870. It is one of the oldest American mattress and bedding manufacturers. The Beautyrest mattress is its flagship brand. Besides making the most comfortable mattresses, the company also produces a variety of pillows and bedding accessories. We'll be discussing each of these products in this article. We hope this review is helpful!
Simmons Beautyrest Mattress
The Simmons Beauty Rest Mattress Company is an American mattress manufacturer that has been making beds for over a century. The company, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia was founded in 1870. It is one of the oldest bedding companies the United States. Since its founding, the company has consistently produced high-quality mattresses that have received many awards, including numerous consumer awards. Beautyrest is the company's flagship brand. But what's it like to sleep in a Simmons Beauty Rest?
Simmons Beauty Rest mattress has a SurfaceCool Plus Fiber Layer that helps to isolate motion. Its pillow top is made of proprietary foams that provide exceptional comfort and contouring. While the firmness of the mattress will vary depending on the model, most owners report that their Beautyrest mattress is extremely comfortable. Many consumers also report that their beds are free of pain during the night. Because of the Simmons Beauty Rest mattress's proprietary foams and layers, this mattress offers excellent support and is also known to have minimal motion transfer.
Beautyrest Pillow
You may want to consider purchasing a Beautyrest Pillow for your Beauty Rest Mattress. This pillow is new and designed to be comfortable from all sides. It also has many other benefits. The Beautyrest Black Down Alternative Pillow is medium-firm, but you might have trouble finding one. If you tend to sleep hot or on your side, this pillow might be right for you. Breanna Mona is an Ohio writer. She has a master's in media and specializes on lifestyle and health articles.
Although the Beautyrest Black Pillow is not easily found in major retail outlets, it can still be purchased at Amazon. This down alternative pillow is medium-firm and is made of DreamLoft material. It is comfortable, durable, and maintains its shape well. You might not be able to find a Beautyrest Pillow Black unless you have a Costco Membership. This product is often out of stock. These pillows are available at Costco if you are a Costco member.
Beautyrest Recharge Mattress
The Simmons Beautyrest Recharge Mattress Sets are a great way to start your search for a new mattress. This model features individually-pocketed coils, gel-infused memory foam, and a plush pillow top for ultimate comfort and support. The coils in this mattress help relieve pressure points, which makes for an extremely comfortable sleeping surface. In addition, the beautyrest Recharge features no breaking-in period and allows for airflow in all directions.
The Beautyrest Recharge mattress is available through several retailers, some with their own names for the model. Among the models available is the Triton, which has an upholstered slatted wood base, and the Beautyrest SmartMotion Base, which is an adjustable bed that uses Sleeptracker technology to adjust according to your body's needs. Lastly, a Beautyrest Recharge mattress comes with a ten-year, non-prorated warranty.
Beautyrest Recharge mattress has foam encasement and AirCool Mesh Border Fabric. Both the Recharge mattress and the Beautyrest Hybrid feature CertiPUR-US certifications. The beautyrest Recharge Hybrid has an off-gassing rating that is higher than other models. The gel-infused memory foam adds additional resilience. A hybrid model adds an AirCool Memory Foam layer to the top and bottom to continue the cooling process.
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Beauty Rest Black Hybrid combines luxury and technology seamlessly with its innovative coil structures and intricately engineered cooling technology. This line is the preferred luxury mattress. The innovative coil structures and cooling technology of this mattress allow you to sleep cooler, but still feel luxurious. It's made in America so you can be sure that your mattress will be of the highest quality.
The Beautyrest Black feels medium-firm, which is ideal for average-weight back and side sleepers. The foam layers lift your hips, evenly distribute your weight, while the coils support your spine. It is also good for those who sleep on their side because it's more supportive for a side sleeper's lower back and hips than a back sleeper. The Beautyrest Black comes with a lifetime warranty and returns policy.
The Beautyrest Black Mattress is a great choice for a luxurious, pillow-top mattress. Its coils, designed with advanced pocket coil technology, don't wear out quickly. Its thickness of 13 to 15 inches makes it ideal for most people, although some lighter people may not find it comfortable. This model may be too firm for stomach sleepers. The Beautyrest Black mattress provides exceptional back support.
Beautyrest Pressure Smart
If you are looking for a mattress with great durability and a pocket-friendly price, consider the Beauty Rest Pressure Smart Mattress. The dual-cool and pressure smart gel memory foam technology will keep your body cool and isolate movement. You can also feel a sense of comfort with the gel memory foam lumbar support and plush comfort layers. It has many other great features, too, including a cooling agent and dual-cool technology.
There are several firmness levels for the Beautyrest, from medium to soft. Customers report positive initial feelings but have trouble with durability after one year. Additionally, more than half of customers mention that their mattress has caused them back pain. This is likely due to poor spinal alignment. However, the firmness of this mattress might not be suitable for everyone. It is possible that your beautyrest mattress doesn't fit you.
The Harmony model is the cheapest Beautyrest mattress. It has a TENCEL yarn cover, which is a fabric made from recycled ocean plastics. The mattress also features pressure-relieving features and charcoal-infused memory foam. The Harmony mattress is loved by many customers for its cooling properties and comfort. It stops tossing or turning. Most reviewers agree that the Harmony is a good option. The 9.5-inch pocketed coil layer provides great edge support, despite being a bit too firm for some users.
Simmons Air Mattress
Simmons Beautyrest Posture Lux Express is a full-air mattress. It has the same firmness as a traditional mattress but with an easy-to-use one touch control. Its durable construction makes it ideal for travel and out-of-town guests, and the plush velveteen top provides additional comfort. The company backs its mattresses with a 1-year limited warranty. However, it is important to understand that a Simmons air mattress is not an overnight miracle.
While the company promises a longer lifespan for the air mattresses than the typical memory foam models, customers are not always as pleased. While some reviewers like the firmness and support level of this mattress, others have reported discomfort. You can read mattress reviews to find out if you have concerns about your sleep quality and if there is a warranty. In addition, read about the durability and firmness ratings. Listed below are some important features of the Simmons Air Mattress for Beauty Rest Mattress.
Beautyrest Recharge
The Simmons Beautyrest Mattress Recharge line includes several mattress options, each with slightly different comfort layers. The mattress covers are made of a surfacecool(tm) fabric that keeps heat from your body and promotes good air circulation. Your first comfort layer, depending on the model, is made of either Aircool(tm) foam or gel infused memory foam. The top comfort layers are rated according to their firmness level. The support features are individually wrapped coils. A foam encasement provides extra comfort at the sides of the mattress.
The Beautyrest Recharge uses four main foam materials, each individually wrapped to support your body. The springs are individually wrapped to reduce motion transfer between you and your partner, while the memory foam provides pressure relief and comfortable sleep temperature. Gel-infused memory foam promotes coolness and airflow. Beautyrest Recharge mattresses are available in a variety of firmness levels, from plush to firm.
Simmons Beautyrest Pillow Top
You've probably heard about the Simmons Beauty Rest Pillow Top and wondered what's different. It's also possible that you have seen it advertised as a luxurious bed. You're not the only one who has seen it advertised as a luxury bed. The company also offers a variety of luxury pillowtop models. These mattresses are a great way for luxury without breaking the bank. The Simmons Beautyrest Recharge Shakespeare mattress is a great choice if you are looking for a plush, firm pillowtop.
Known for its superior orthopedic support, Simmons' Pillow Top mattress is the perfect option for side or back sleepers. It's incredibly comfortable, thanks to its foam encased edge support system and stretch knit fabric. Its luxurious soft foams make it one of the most comfortable beds you've ever slept on. The Beautyrest Pillow Top is available in an array of different sizes and is available in a variety of materials.
The Beautyrest Mount Allston Plush Pillow Top mattress belongs to the Platinum series. It features new technology that makes it a cloud-like sleep surface. The queen-sized models have 1000 coils of memory foam, and 2000 micro-coils for a more modern, comfortable option. The Black collection features RightTemp(tm), Memory Foam cooling. The taller models have a higher profile and a higher height.


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Musical of film 'Diner' postponed until fall
NEW YORK (AP) — The musical based on the film "Diner" has postponed its Broadway opening.
Producers said late Sunday night that the Kathleen Marshall-directed show with songs by Sheryl Crow will make its debut on Broadway in the fall, instead of the spring.
Producer Scott Zeiger in a statement says a four-week workshop of the show in November got good feedback and that early fall dates work better for all involved.
Set in Baltimore on Christmas 1959, the story explores the lives of a circle of friends in their early 20s, all set to vintage rock 'n' roll and doo-wop.
Barry Levinson, who wrote and directed the 1982 film, adapted it into the new musical. The film starred Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser, Tim Daly, Daniel Stern and Ellen Barkin.


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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand immigration authorities Thursday banned Los Angeles rappers Odd Future from entering the country after deciding they pose a threat to public order.
The group was due to play an open-air concert with headline act Eminem on Saturday in Auckland.
Border Operations Manager Karen Urwin said authorities decided to decline visas to six group members after becoming aware of a 2011 incident in Boston in which some witnesses claimed group members incited fans to attack police officers.
"It's not a decision we take lightly and not one that happens often," Urwin said.
Group member Tyler, The Creator vented his frustration on Twitter on Thursday.
"They said we were 'terrorist threats and bad for the society' or whatever. Sick," he wrote. He later tweeted, "I love NZ tho."
The hip-hop group, which is also known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, is known for its anarchic style and lyrics that canvas drugs, killing and rape.
Urwin said the six rappers had intended to stay in New Zealand just a few days before leaving for Australia.
She said it was rare to ban musicians under rules that cover character concerns. She said those provisions in the past have been used to stop people like white supremacist group leaders and high-profile Holocaust deniers.
She said some people wrongly assumed authorities considered the group's lyrics in imposing the ban.
"If we banned people who used swear words, we wouldn't have many people left in New Zealand," she said.
In an official statement, Immigration New Zealand said: "Odd Future has been deemed to be a potential threat to public order and the public interest for several reasons, including incidents at past performances in which they have incited violence."
In the 2011 incident, Tyler, The Creator was signing autographs at a comic store when police were called because of the large number of fans. News reports at the time said some people climbed on the roof and shouted insults at the police, and some viewed that as inciting fans to attack.
Urwin said an Odd Future group member in Australia also tweeted details of a woman campaigning to have the group banned, which resulted in her receiving threats.
In 2012, New Zealand banned former heavyweight boxing champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson from coming to a speaking engagement due to his criminal history. Last year it banned musician David Rovics, citing his blog posts on drug-taking and a Canadian ban for giving false information to immigration officials there.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), a leading provider of title insurance, mortgage services and diversified services, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share. The dividend will be payable June 28, 2013, to stockholders of record as of June 14, 2013.
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Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), is a leading provider of title insurance, mortgage services and diversified services. FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title and Alamo Title - that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. FNF owns a 55% stake in American Blue Ribbon Holdings, LLC, a family and casual dining restaurant owner and operator of the O'Charley's, Ninety Nine Restaurant, Max & Erma's, Village Inn, and Bakers Square concepts. FNF also owns an 87% stake in J. Alexander's, LLC, an upscale dining restaurant owner and operator of the J. Alexander's and Stoney River Legendary Steaks concepts. In addition, FNF also owns a 51% stake in Remy International, Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer, remanufacturer, marketer and distributor of aftermarket and original equipment electrical components for automobiles, light trucks, heavy-duty trucks and other vehicles. FNF also owns a minority interest in Ceridian Corporation, a leading provider of global human capital management and payment solutions. More information about FNF can be found at www.fnf.com.
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Fort Worth, Texas (CNN) - An internet troll reviled for his pornographic posts on Reddit and recently revealed as a middle-aged software programmer told CNN that he made "a huge mistake."
For years, 49-year-old Michael Brutsch hid behind the online screen name "Violentacrez," creating hundreds of subforums on the user-generated website, such as "Rapebait," "Incest," "Pics of Dead Kids," "Choke a Bitch," and "Rape Jokes." "Violentacrez" has been banned from the site several times, although Brutsch still maintains a separate account.
Last week, Gawker revealed the identity of "Violentacrez," whose posts generated as many as 800,000 subscribers and triggered a debate about whether Reddit was criminally liable for the content of its forums. Reddit is a website where the popularity of posts - and whether they are featured prominently on the site's main page - is determined by registered users' votes.
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Hi Anderson. I'm a big fan of yours and the show. You are a pro, intelligent and an amazing interviewer. All that being said, please tell me why you pronounce the word "button" like "buddin?" There's no way you pronounced it that way growing up.
I don't when or why people started to say it that way or why. It's just wrong and it makes me cringe. Same with the word, "important, " being pronounced "impor-dant." Make it stop!! With your influence, you are helping make it OK. It isn't. Thanks!
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Carolyn Hax: 'No kids' wedding creates rift between friends
DEAR CAROLYN: After some discussion, my fiance and I decided we did not want kids at our wedding — several of our friends are newish parents and we are JUST SO TIRED of having their kids be the center of the universe, disrupt plans all the time, and so on. We just wanted one time when we could enjoy our friends' company in an adults-only way.
We indicated as much on our save-the-dates, and have since gotten responses from a few people close to us that they do not plan to come since they can't bring their kids. Many of them are friends who live in town and could probably get sitters if they wanted to. That makes me think they have perceived my feelings about the heavy kid focus that's taken over our group.
Fiance thinks we should stay the course, but I'm now wondering whether we should backpedal and include kids. ... I'd rather cave on this than not have loved ones at our wedding. What do you think? — ALLOW KIDS?
ANSWER: A couple of thoughts.
I would never boycott a no-kids wedding because my kids were excluded. I mean really — I'm nuts about my kids but a night of just adults? Sure. Plus, I can simultaneously find joy in children and grasp that not everyone blisses out around a bunch of squirmy people with volume-control issues. Who am I to scold them and say they "should" enjoy having kids around, or that weddings "should" include kids, or whatever else?Even if I had a pro-kid view of weddings, it's your wedding — your tablet to write upon, not mine and not your friends' to write their pro-kid righteousness.
The one exception I might make is if I were nursing and tethered to Baby — but I'd talk to you about it without judging.
Anyway, this is all background for my answer: Sure, you can cave, but these friends are out of line.
That's no surprise, though, right? Plenty of parents don't expect "their kids [to] be the center of the universe, disrupt plans all the time, and so on" — but your friends apparently do. So they're just being themselves, and will surely stay that way at and after your wedding.
It's your call how you want to handle both the wedding and the long-term implications of friends with me-ist tendencies. Just be forewarned: The more of a stand you take, the more closely people will watch if you ever have kids.
RE: KIDS: It is easy for some people with kids to get a sitter — I do know some who have a regular one — but for others it can be hard. — ANONYMOUS
ANSWER: Of course no parents who try and fail to find a sitter should be harrumphed for saying no, but that's so not what's happening here. These are responses to save-the-date cards — months in advance. In the event of extenuating circumstances (a special-needs child, say), surely the couple would know and understand, but otherwise the local refusals, at this stage, are statements of principle, and it's a principle I find self-aggrandizing.
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Being an online criminal isn't always easy. For one thing, there's all that tedious administrative overhead of deploying command and control servers, finding proxies to mask them, and shifting IP addresses to stay off of private security blacklists. Today's savvy cyber criminal, therefore, often outsources the work to so-called "bulletproof" hosting operations, which rent servers to criminals and take care of all the dirty details needed to keep them online. That was the approach taken by the Russian creator of malware known as Gozi—malicious password-stealing software which the US government today called "one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in history"—to store his stolen data. But as the malware man found out, bulletproof hosts can be taken down with enough effort. Even when they're based in Romania.
Gozi was coded back in 2005 and deployed in 2007. Back then, it largely targeted Europeans. When installed on a computer, the virus waited until the user visited an online banking site and then grabbed account names and passwords—anything that might be needed for a criminal to transfer money out of the user's account. This information was then sent silently to the Gozi command and control servers, from which it was harvested on a regular basis.
By 2010, the malware innovated in two important ways. First, it had gained the capability to do sophisticated Web injection. When an infected computer was pointed at a banking website, the virus wouldn't simply steal account login information; it could be configured to inject additional data requests right into the bank's webpage. This made it almost impossible to tell the requests were not being made by the bank itself. In this way, the malware could be tweaked to ask for Social Security numbers, driver's license information, a mother's maiden name, PIN codes—anything a client wanted.
The second innovation? Gozi expanded to the US and started targeting specific US banks. The collected information was then sold to other criminals, who quickly transferred money out of the targeted bank accounts. On August 13, 2010, for instance, $8,710 went missing from a Bronx resident's account. The amounts could go much higher; in February 2012, another New York resident lost $200,000. And it got even worse. An FBI investigation, revealed today, found two Gozi-infected computers had led to combined losses of $6 million for their two owners. Total losses appear to have reached "tens of millions" of dollars.
So, starting in 2010, the FBI launched an investigation. It didn't take long to find Gozi's creator, a 25-year-old Moscow resident named Nikita Kuzmin. By November 2010, Kuzmin had been arrested during a trip to the US; by May 2011 he pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit his Gozi earnings, which might reach up to $50 million. Deniss Čalovskis, the 27-year-old Latvian man who allegedly coded the Web injects and customized them for various banks was picked up by Latvian police in November 2012.
But it was the bulletproof host behind Gozi who turned out to be the most interesting catch—and who took longest to reel in.
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FBI agents collected an incredible trove of data on the Gozi conspirators. According to court documents, this data cache included wiretaps, seized servers, an interview with a Gozi distributor, and even a host of chat logs lifted from a server used by the criminals behind Gozi. Despite all that, in the end what brought down the bulletproof host was as simple as a cell phone number.
With the number in hand, the FBI worked with the Romanian Police Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (DCCO), since the number was based in Bucharest. The DCCO obtained court permission to tap the phone, then agents listened to calls, watched text messages, and intercepted Web addresses and passwords entered on the handset for three months in the spring of 2012. On April 1, 2012, the phone's user sent a text message saying (according to an FBI translation), "Answer me, damn it, I'm Virus." The next day, a male voice called the phone and addressed its users as "Virus." But who was Virus?
Someone who wasn't too careful with his cell phone, for one thing. The phone was registered to a company called "KLM Internet & Gaming SRL," which was itself registered to a Bucharest man named Mihai Ionut Paunescu. The corporate registration was later changed, and investigators weren't positive who was actually using the phone until they listened in on a call in which the phone's user identified himself to the Romanian Commercial Bank as "Mihai Ionut Paunescu" and provided the correct national ID number corresponding to Paunescu. (The caller was seeking information on the proper procedure to withdraw US$20,000.)
Watching the smartphone's Web browsing history confirmed this phone belonged to the bulletproof host authorities sought. Paunescu regularly visited a site called adminpanel.ro. Romanian police watched as Paunescu entered the username and password to the site. Next they obtained court permission to search it. They did the search—and provided the information to the FBI. The site was essentially a set of status tables covering 130 physical computer servers which Paunescu apparently leased from legitimate hosting operations before reselling to less legitimate cyber criminals of all stripes.
Subtlety was not the order of the day here. Adminpanel.ro's data tables contained notes on what each virtual machine on each server was being used for, and these included things (in English) like "spy/malware," "semi-legal non sbl," "facebook spam 0%sbl," "illegal," and "100%SBLmalware." ("SBL" is an apparent reference to the well-known Spamhaus Block List targeting spammers.)
Keeping these 130 servers up and running for his clients apparently netted Paunescu a good deal of money. He kept meticulous records of how much he paid to lease every server and how much he received for leasing it back out. A typical entry shows that he spent "114EU" (euros) on a server that he resold for "330EU"—not a bad markup.
As for "Virus," it turned out that Paunescu used this as his online nickname.
Last month, Romanian police arrested him, bringing the Gozi story to a close.
Wayward youth
The US government revealed the three arrests today. It unsealed indictments against Kuzim, Čalovskis, and Paunescu which make clear just how young all three men were when the alleged criminal behavior began. Kuzmin got started with Gozi back in 2005, when he was just 18. Čalovskis was allegedly involved since he was 20. Paunescu is only 28 now and has allegedly been in the bulletproof hosting business for years.
Kuzmin pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in the US, where he faces a maximum 95 years in prison. Extradition proceedings are underway for the other two, who could each face a max of 60 years in a US cell.


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Governor Sarah Palin wants "to talk to Americans without the filter" of the "media elite." As she explained in the vice-presidential debate, she aims to cut out the middleman in conveying information to the public: "I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you [Senator Joe Biden] want to hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also."
Those statements reflect a radical challenge to our American system: the elimination of an institution—the press—that has traditionally been championed as a vital check on the abuse of power and distortion of the truth by politicians. In the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, historically, "[t]he free press meant organized, expert scrutiny of government. The press was a conspiracy of the intellect, with the courage of numbers." For Palin and her coterie, it is simply a conspiracy: a loose amalgam of distorters, liars, and opportunists.
It is tempting to see the Palin proposal as a tailored response to a particular set of circumstances—after recent criticisms from the press and in the context of declining poll numbers for the Republican ticket, attacking journalists might seem to be nothing more than an isolated political expedient. In fact, Palin's call for a purge of the "media elite" is a central part of a broader project of knowledge management that has been practiced for decades and perfected during the Age of Rove.
That expansive approach has borrowed tactics directly out of the playbook of some of the most successful corporate campaigns of the last half century or so and has allowed the Bush administration to forge ahead on weak policies—like the war in Iraq—while stymieing potentially strong ones—like a coordinated effort to fight global warming—by controlling the information the public receives.
For many years, the cigarette industry made billions selling a product they knew to be dangerous to human health, while evading costly regulation and litigation. They accomplished this improbable feat by keeping information necessary to make educated choices out of the hands of the public, while convincing individuals that they possessed all the relevant data and were, in fact, coming to freely made decisions. Thus, big tobacco hid evidence of the negative health effects of smoking and spent millions on selling the image of cigarette smokers as empowered, independent-minded, sovereign consumers. Marlboro Men didn't need scientists or bureaucrats telling them what they needed to know to adequately assess risks; they had their common sense and their freedom to guide them. When cancer deaths and outside studies began to suggest the great danger of smoking, cigarette companies fought vigorously in court to prevent insider documents that revealed the full extent of the problem from being released.
The McCain-Palin ticket has taken just such an approach.
Although understanding the sources of a candidate's income is critical to assessing whether that candidate has acted independently in the past or may have vested interests going forward, for months, Cindy McCain refused to disclose key information about the McCain's family's wealth. In May, after serious criticism from the media concerning the lack of transparency, she finally released part of her 2006 tax returns. However, only her IRS Form 1040 was released, so there was no reference to the sources of her income. And even this information was disclosed in a way meant to avoid its dissemination to the public: the release was put out on a Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend. As Republican strategist Dan Schnur joked, "Christmas Eve would have been ideal, but that would have been a problem given the election calendar."
Moreover, the ticket has denied members of the media access to the McCain and Palin, except in prepackaged snippets, and has ensured that both of them stick to their vague talking points. When Palin went to New York City in September to meet with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, the campaign initially refused to permit any producers or reporters to go along with the network pool camera recording pictures of the meetings and, after strong objections from the press, relented only slightly, allowing extremely limited and superficial coverage. McCain, who once decried "stale soundbites, staged rallies, and over-managed messages," now marches to a metronome. Between mid-August and the end of September, he went over five weeks without holding a single press conference.
The aim has been to limit severely the information that voters encounter about the candidates and their policies. Speaking in generalities in the lead up to a general election is standard practice and, in many ways, the Obama campaign provides no exception; yet, the McCain team has taken the practice of evasion and distraction to new levels. As Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, explained in a moment of candor: "This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates." In the wake of the global financial debacle, a top McCain aid made a similar point to the Daily News: "If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we're going to lose."
Preventing the public from having the details necessary to make an informed decision has occurred at the same time that the campaign has emphasized how accessible and open it is—and how it remains utterly committed to "straight talk." Indeed, in the October 16 presidential debate, McCain went to great lengths to portray Obama as the remote and opaque candidate, emphasizing how Obama had rejected "his urgent request to sit down, and do town hall meetings, and come before the American people." Just as with big tobacco, the message from the Republican campaign has been twofold: first, that the campaign has been completely forthright in providing voters with all the information they need to make a knowledgeable choice; second, that Americans are empowered, independent-minded individuals with common sense who don't need middlemen—like the press—to tell them which way the wind blows.
The strategy has a proven pedigree. It worked, not only for the tobacco industry, but also, more recently, for the Bush administration, as it duped the American people into invading Iraq by failing to provide the public with the whole picture concerning the potential risks and costs of the war, while acting as if the calculus were utterly clear and that people knew everything they needed to know to make an informed decision. Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and we would be embraced by the Iraqi people as liberators. The conflict would be cheap and largely bloodless and would help stabilize the region. Only fools and cowards would wait to act.
The same was true with respect to the administration's approach to global warming: as Bush appointees publicly declared that they were being utterly candid and that the setting of environmental policy by the administration was transparent, they denied the public access to the facts it needed to assess the causes and destructive effects of climate change and the information concerning the impact of industry lobbying efforts. Key reports were sanitized of language affirmatively declaring that human activity was causing global warming; administration lawyers battled in court to prevent access to records of energy executives' private meetings with government decision-makers. As with efforts to prevent the disclosure of documents in the context of the war on terror (including administration policies on torture, extraordinary rendition, and wiretapping), the Bush team couched its withholding of key information in terms of executive privilege and argued that, regardless, the implicated information was not relevant to anything that the public actually needed to know.
Those who said otherwise, were attacked as not only wrong, but biased and a direct threat to our country: wacky tree huggers who would hurt small businesses and destroy American competitiveness; out-of-touch liberals willing to put American lives at risk in their misguided mission to protect terrorists bent on our destruction; ardent ideologues recklessly disparaging government policy during time of war without a concern that it might endanger our troops.
The strategy of denigration of adversarial information sources in the administration's management of public information was another proven technique borrowed from big tobacco. For many years, the industry worked hard to cast public health advocates offering evidence of the destructive nature of cigarettes as meddling nannies who wanted to take away the freedoms of regular Americans. Similarly, plaintiff's-side lawyers pushing for disclosure of internal company documents were cast as malingering schemers willing to do anything for a buck.
These accounts of corrupted dispositions and grave consequences had a profound impact on the way that the information coming from these sources was viewed, a lesson that the McCain-Palin ticket has taken to heart. By repeatedly assailing the "liberal media" as unfair and unbalanced, the campaign has both called into question each and every story critical of the Republican candidates and has forced journalists to be more cautious in their criticisms, even where they are extremely well founded. The claim of ideological distortion on behalf of the media has also served as an excuse for the McCain campaign to refuse to participate in more open forums, which has proven to be a great boon for the campaign, given that Palin is unprepared, at this point in her political career, to answer unscripted questions where outright evasion is foreclosed.
After Palin's devastating interview with Katie Couric at the end of September, the McCain campaign realized that they could not afford another free-form session with the press. Thus, as both a means of damage control and a way to defuse future criticisms of the governor, they had Palin go on the offensive against the CBS News anchor: "I did feel there were a lot of things she was missing in terms of an opportunity to ask what a VP candidate stands for, what the values are that are represented in our ticket . . . . I guess I have to apologize for being a bit annoyed, but that's also an indication about being outside that Washington elite, outside that media elite also . . . ." Because Palin is just like you, Joe Six-Pack Hockey Mom, when the biased media attacks Palin, they are really attacking you. As Steve Schmidt, one of McCain's senior advisors, put it, "She's not part of the Washington, D.C., cocktail circuit. Elite opinion looks down with contempt at people who are not part of their world."
Another central lesson of knowledge management coming from the tobacco industry is that truth and accuracy are irrelevant if what you primarily—or exclusively—care about are "ends." You do not have to prove your position; you only have to move the needle enough to make things look like a debate. Where no information exists to support your position, you simply create it. Thus, cigarette companies funded rival studies to draw into question arguments that cigarettes were addictive and harmful and hired experts to ensure that there was "credible" counterevidence.
The Bush administration has masterfully followed suit. With few expert pundits supporting the Iraq war efforts, the administration simply went out and got its own to offer seemingly objective—and uniformly positive—analysis on news programs. The "message force multipliers" or "surrogates," as they were referred to in internal Pentagon papers, were used to amplify successes, downplay mistakes, and refocus debates for millions of Americans. When a study by Seton Hall University School of Law and two lawyers who represent detainees at Guantanamo Bay was published, finding that just eight percent of detainees were classified as al Qaeda fighters by the military and a majority had not been found to have perpetrated any acts of hostility against American targets, the Pentagon sprung into action, commissioning a counter study from a terrorism research center at West Point that, unsurprisingly, offered a frightening portrait of a detainee population made up of dangerous jihadists. Explaining the motivation for the rebuttal report, one of the authors offered a candid summary: the Department of Defense "had been getting a lot of inquiries related to this previous study. They had a lot of concerns with the conclusions, but they did not have another study."
Just as with the tobacco industry, the benefits of such an approach in the context of the war on terror were to forestall any action: with the ultimate verdict still out, it seemed ill-advised to change course or break from the status quo. Since there was a debate over the dangerousness of the detainees, Guantanamo had to be kept open. Since there was not utter consensus that coercive interrogation methods amounted to torture, they had to be continued. Since there was an active dispute over the legality of government wiretaps, they had to remain undisturbed. Making things look like a debate meant that feet could be dragged for months, if not years.
Nowhere was this truer than with respect to the administration's policy on climate change. The aim for the Bush appointees at the Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and elsewhere was never to prove that global warming had its origin in natural causes, but rather to sew a seed of doubt so that inaction could take root. In February 2007, when a report by top climate scientists from 120 nations was released explaining that global warming was unquestionably real, man-made, and required immediate responsive action, Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a response worthy of an expert defense lawyer for Philip Morris: "We're going to see a big debate on [climate change] going forward . . . the extent to which it is part of a normal cycle versus the extent to which it's caused by man . . . [It's] not enough to just sort of run out and try to slap together some policy that's going to 'solve' the problem."
For the McCain-Palin campaign, the goal has been to move what should be settled points of fact into the realm of confusion and dispute such that existing negative stereotypes respecting the Democratic presidential candidate can persist. That status quo is that a black man with a name like Barack Hussein Obama is going to be viewed by many with suspicion, fear, and distrust. Hence, you don't have to conclusively prove that Barack Obama is a Muslim; you only have to allow your surrogates to repeatedly raise such a claim. Nor do you need to prove that Barack Obama is an al Qaeda operative; you only have to emphasize, at rallies and in television commercials, that he pals around with terrorists. You don't have to prove that Barack Obama wants to mandate teaching kindergarten students how to use a condom; you just have to insinuate it enough that it sticks. If we aren't absolutely sure that Obama isn't an Arab spy bent on corrupting our children, we can't possibly elect him president.
The same is true with respect to attacks by the McCain campaign playing on existing notions about "tax and spend" Democrats and elitist, leftist professors. You don't actually have to prove that Obama would raise taxes; you just have to assert again and again that Obama wants to spread the wealth around, pitting the haves against the have-nots and favoring the latter. You don't have to prove that Obama is out-of-touch with mainstream America; you just have to hammer on how he held a campaign event with celebrities in Hollywood and how he believes that rural voters cling to guns and religion out of bitterness. Given the dire economic situation, if it is an open debate whether or not Obama will take more out of our pay checks, voting for him would be reckless; if there is a chance that he doesn't understand us, our beliefs, and our struggles, it would be foolish.
As a number of writers have pointed out, this strategy of muddying the waters has been especially effective because of the press's tendency to try to appear balanced: when pointing out untruths propagated by the McCain campaign, many writers and commentators have felt compelled to also mention significantly less-erroneous claims by Obama. The result being that members of the public are liable to come away mistakenly convinced that both sides bend the facts equally to suit their needs.
To its credit, in recent weeks, the press has been far more disciplined in calling out McCain and Palin for their deceptive claims and pressing for more details, but much damage has already been done. With one-third of voters, in a recent survey, sure that Obama is a Muslim or open to the idea that he could be, and over fifty percent believing that he would raise their taxes (despite the fact that his tax plan would reduce taxes for 95% of Americans), Palin's proposal to excise the media from the presidential election conversation is particularly disturbing.
We deserve to know what our candidates think so that we can determine what types of leaders they will be. Despite Palin's arguments to the contrary, we are not going to learn those critical facts if we just listen to what they want to tell us. Filters keep us safe and healthy. Sure, you can have a drink right out of the East River, but in the end all you're going to get is a bad pain in your gut.
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To read some related Situationist posts, see "A Convenient Fiction," "The Situation of Swift-Boating," "The Situation of University Research," "The company "had no control or influence over the research" . . . .," " Deep Capture – Part VII," "Industry-Funded Research," and "Industry-Funded Research – Part II."


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Today's News: Our Take - Real Chance of Love Star Has Stage 4 Colon Cancer
Real Chance of Love star Ahmad "Real" Givens" has been diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer, TMZ reports.
The reality star first became ill in January with what he believed to be the flu. Doctors initially thought the issue was with his liver, but confirmed it was colon cancer last week. Real will remain hospitalized while doctors consider treatment options.
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Since his diagnosis, other VH1 stars have shared their well wishes on Twitter. "Just talked to 'Chance' he told me to tell the world to pray for his bro 'Real' he has stage 4 colon cancer! Pls send out a prayer for him!," Ray J tweeted.
When asked if she'd reached out to Real by a fan, Tiffany "New York" Pollard wrote, "I just found out.I jus spoke 2him 3weeks ago. My prayers go out to him and his family.He has a relationship with God,he's gonna b ok"
After appearing on I Love New York, Real was later offered his own dating show, Real Chance of Love, with his brother Kamal "Chance" Givens.
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British stage and screen star Clive Owen and French filmmaker and actor Jacques Perrin will lend their support to the safeguarding of marine World Heritage in an event in Paris on 7 February. The event will present a 10 year strategy to protect the Crown Jewels of the Ocean, supported by the Government of Flanders (Belgium), and the achievements of the innovative Tides of Time partnership established in 2010 between UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, leading Swiss fine watchmaking manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre, and the International Herald Tribune newspaper for the benefit of marine World Heritage preservation.
The 46 marine sites inscribed on the World Heritage List constitute more than one third of all marine protected areas on the planet. They are beacons of hope for improving marine environment conservation. UNESCO's World Heritage Marine Programme is seeking to make these sites drivers for change in ocean conservation globally. But much remains to be done to bring up to speed the capacities of the managers of these sites and to ensure that the wide range of ocean ecosystems is fully represented on the World Heritage List.
The Government of Flanders and the Tides of Time partnership have provided more than USD 3 million to date to help States and site managers face the growing challenges of pollution largely posed by underwater mining and drilling as well as maritime transportation. This work is carried out under the coordination of UNESCO's World Heritage Centre.
A presentation of the alliance and its achievements will be the subject of an awareness raising event at UNESCO Headquarters (4.30 p.m.), primarily targeting representatives of the Organization's Member States. The second part of the event, at Jaeger-LeCoultre Boutique on the Place Vendôme in Paris (8 p.m.), will seek to mobilize support from private sector players in France.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova will open the UNESCO Headquarters event, which is co-hosted by the Government of Flanders. A short film Marine World Heritage: The Crown Jewels of the Ocean, narrated by Jacques Perrin, will be screened. Mr Perrin will also give a keynote address about marine heritage and the important issues at stake.
Other speakers during the evening will include Jérôme Lambert, CEO Jaeger-LeCoultre; Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, Publisher of the International Herald Tribune; Nic Vandermarliere, Representative of Flanders to UNESCO; and Clive Owen.
Interactive stands will be available at both UNESCO and Jaeger-LeCoultre Boutique to help guests discover the splendours of marine World Heritage sites.


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Michelle Teheux: We are talking about children
I'm in favor of taking care of children.
I hope you are, too.
You and I might have different politics. One of us might be liberal, one of us might be conservative. One of us might be religious, one of us might be an atheist. One of us might believe the U.S. should be the world's police, and one of us might believe in isolationism.
One thing we should all agree upon is that children deserve to be cared for.
Not just our own children. Not just the children of people we know. Not just American children.
All children.
I do not care if a hungry or abused child is American, Mexican, Guatemalan or Martian. I care about making sure the child is cared for.
I am dismayed and heartbroken about the stories of refugee children pouring over our border, but I understand the world is an imperfect place.
I am far more dismayed and heartbroken — and frankly ashamed — to hear some of my fellow Americans talking about refugee children as if they were vermin. Who are these people who say we should not care for children? What in the holy heck is wrong with them?
We are talking about children, OK? Not adults. Children. Some of them quite young.
We could debate about the politics involved. Did U.S. actions in these children's homelands help cause the upheavals that led to this mess? Should the U.S. overhaul its immigration laws? Debate away.
In the meantime, these children need safe situations.
If you are an American, can you even contemplate sending your minor child off alone to another country? Think about just how desperate you would need to be to take such a course.
Do I have to say it again? We are talking about children. If you want to send these children back into a dangerous situation because you are concerned these poor kids might be diseased, or that it might cost some of your precious tax money to feed and house them while we try to address their situation, I'm sorry to say I think you're a bad person.
I don't often say that. I think there's value in many different voices and values entering the public debate about gay marriage, abortion, the tax code, capital punishment, which wars we should enter and just about every other issue, including immigration. We can disagree and debate about a lot of issues and still respect the other's views.
You know what's not debatable? Whether we will turn our backs on children.
I am a mother to two children, a grandmother to one. I love children. If a hungry child comes to my door, I'm going to feed him. I bet if a hungry child showed up at your door, and you looked into that child's eyes, you would do something for that child. Wouldn't you? Or would you tell the kid to go back to where he or she came from and slam the door?
These children have showed up at our national door because the conditions at home were more horrific than anything most of us will ever see.
And I do not give a crap what nationality or race a child is. A child that is frightened, endangered, needy or hungry suffers the same whether that child happened to be born here in America or somewhere else.
Don't you dare say we need to take care of our own first. We do take care of our own. We have lots of help, from welfare to private charities, dedicated to helping needy American children. Few American children face anything like what these refugee children have faced. And at any rate, this isn't an us-or-them situation. We can help both, and we must help both.
How do we address the situation long term? We can and should make some decisions about how to handle this.
But in the meantime? This is a crisis. We need to do whatever we can to help these children, period. We need to demonstrate our compassion and humanity. I don't want to hear one more sickening interview with some sorry excuse for a human being arguing that we ought to send these refugee children back into the hell they just escaped.
Because — just a reminder in case you didn't get it yet — we are talking about children here.
Follow Michelle Teheux on Twitter @michelleteheux. The views expressed in this column are not necessarily those of this publication.